Revelers, please reverse!

The headline said, "Pro Life Groups Praise John Roberts..." and I nearly gagged. Why is any pro-life group praising Roberts? Because George W. Bush promised he'd be a good Supreme Court justice? Come on, guys, pay attention!

Roberts told the Senate Judiciary Committee he understood the Griswold v. Connecticut case and accepted the definition of a "right to privacy." That paved the way for unabated abortion on demand, folks. Where's your head?

CWA's Jan LaRue talked about Roberts' deference to the text of the Constitution. I would disagree, you see, because the "right to privacy" dealing with sex was an "emanation" from a "penumbra" and has nothing to do with anything the Constitution ever said about sex.

I could go on, but why bother? I think we need to be prudent. We need to hold our horses; corral our enthusiasm, withhold our kudos and wait. A man who agrees, as a Catholic, with John F. Kennedy's promise to place his Catholic identity in his hip pocket is a man that surely - at least at this point - deserves our prayers, period.

After he actually renders an opinion, then perhaps we can cheer. Until then, hang loose.